Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Eccleston-street East, No. 10. Leakage of water into
the cellar, from the defective condition of the pipes and
cistern in the complainant's own yard. The pipes have
been repaired, and the nuisance abated.
Flash-row, No. 2. Leakage of water into the washhouse,
from the cistern at No. 3. A notice was served on
January 24th, and the cistern has been repaired.
Brewer-street, Pimlico, No. 10. Leakage of water
into the vaults and front area. Nuisance abated.
Cambridge-street, Pimlico, No. 54. Leakage of urine
into the back bed room, on the ground floor, causing
dampness of the wall, and proceeding from a urinal in the
yard of the "Clarendon" Public House, adjoining premises.
The urinal has been removed from the wall, which
has been slated and cemented.
Susannah-cottages, Flask-row, Pimlico, No. 2. Leakage
of water into the passage, from the gutter of a shed at
No. 3, Flask-row. A notice was served on March 19th,
and the gutter has been cleansed.
Arabella-row, Pimlico, No. 9. Leakage of water into
the vaults from No. 10, and partly from the complainant's
own pipes. The nuisance is abated.
Upper Tachbrook-street, Pimlico, No. 11. Leakage of
water into the kitchen and yard, from the pump in the
Mews; also dampness and effluvia caused by dung.
Notices were served for the removal of the dung three
times a week, but the Nuisances Removal Committee had
no power to remove the pump.
Drainage Cases, &c.
St. George's-row, Ebury-bridge, Nos. 7 and 8. The
drains from the closets in an unsatisfactory condition.
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